PSU Womens Swimming/Diving defeated by Westfield State

Posted: Dec 08, 2007

WESTFIELD, Mass. - Westfield State College took 11
of the 16 events Saturday afternoon en route to a 163-117 victory
over Plymouth State University in a women's swimming and diving
meet. The Owls captured their third straight win to improve
to 5-1 in dual meets, while PSU slipped to 1-2.

The home team won both relay races and finished first in nine of
the 14 individual events. Three Owls swimmers were double
winners on the afternoon; sophomore Lindsey Malboeuf
(Westford, Mass.) won the 50-yard backstroke in 30.64 seconds and
the 100-yard backstroke in 1:06.26; junior Aimee Raposo (North
Dartmouth, Mass.) took the 50-yard breaststroke in 35.26 seconds
and the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:17.38; and freshman Tiffany
Moreno (Middlebury, Conn.) out-sprinted the field in the 50-yard
freestyle (26.85 seconds) and 100-yard freestyle (59.48).

Senior Christina DiGiacomo (Meriden, Conn.) led
the Panthers with a pair of victories, taking the 200-yard free in
2:10.81 and the 500-yard free in 5:57.35. Sophomore
Caitlin Little (Scituate, Mass.) was a winner for
PSU in the 50-yard butterfly (30.20 seconds), junior Amanda
Branch (Gray, Maine) took first in the 200-yard individual
medley (2:33.06), and senior Kate Marrie
(Swampscott, Mass.) earned first-place points in the three-meter
diving (148.70).

PSU will wrap up the first semester of competition this Wednesday
with a home meet against Bridgewater State at the PSU Natatorium
(6:00 p.m.) Westfield State does not return to competition
until late January.